Plarail History |
a brief history of
Plarail and its trends |
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My Plarail sets |
Plarail sets in my
collection ranging from 1968 to the almost-modern day |
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My Plarail trains |
Shinkansen, subway,
freight, and other Plarail trains |
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My Plarail rail |
different types of rail
developed for the Plarail system |
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My Plarail scenery |
stations, bridges,
tunnels, and other accessories |
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Plarail repairs and
resources |
repairing Plarail,
identifying production period of Tomy toys, and
some 3D printable replacement parts |
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Plarail paperwork |
scans of Plarail and
related Tomy catalogues and manuals |
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Thomas series Plarail |
sets, engines, and other things
related to the Thomas the Tank Engine Plarail
series |
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Plarail exports |
various versions of Plarail items
exported to other countries |
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Tomica
World |
one of the
longest-lasting and most fully-featured Plarail export
ranges |
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Thomas Motor Road & Rail |
even longer-lasting
series of Thomas the Tank Engine export sets |
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TomyTrain |
train system with reversing engines
and magnetic couplings that used Plarail-style track sold in Europe and the U.S. |
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Capsule Plarail |
smaller-scale windup
vending machine gashapon system |
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Other misc. Plarail |
Mini Mini Plarail,
Amusement Plarail, and other odd "Plarail" things |
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Tomica |
mini cars made by
Tomy, often designed to work alongside Plarail |
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Super Rail |
larger train system
from Tomy with more advanced reversing, coupling, and
speed-change features |
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More about Tomy |
more information
about and a history of Tomy |
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Other Tomy
toys |
some of Tomy's other
wonderful electromechanical toys |
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Plarail pre-history and "cousins" |
old wooden and plastic train sets
that led to and diverged from Plarail |
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Other train sets
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other toy train systems
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Other toys |
other toys I find
interesting in some way |
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Toy train track
standards
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ruminations on what makes a good
toy train track system
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My layouts |
Plarail and other train
layouts I have built over the years |
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Further reading
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other Plarail and train-related
resources (links page)
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